Remember when a super short bow was 35 - 36inches and everyone said that they would rather have a 40" bow. Now a super short bow is 30 inches and everyone claims they want a 35 - 36 inch bow.

A bows ATA length is not the only deciding factor when choosing a bow. Take Bowtechs riser design of the General and Guardian. Those risers arewithin an inch of being the same length of their ownATA lengths andare longer than many otherbows risers that are several inches longer in their ATA length which means there is a lot of mass out there on the ends to keep the bow stable. The Generals riser is actually longer than its ATA length by a full inch.

A good example is.... I use to own a Parker ultra lite 35. But that bow weighed a meer 3.2 pounds. It was far less forgiving to shoot than the General I am shooting now or the guardianI shot last year.

For some people the string angle can be a valid argument but that is easily adapted to. The difference in string angle between a 30" and a 35" ATA bow is negligable.